Dessert Recipes

I wouldn’t want to live in a world without dessert. It’s the perfect ending to the perfect meal…or the perfect snack in the middle of a long day! From brownies to baklava, cookies to cakes, pudding to pie, here are all the luscious, decadent dessert recipes on The Pioneer Woman. Enjoy every bite!

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Original Recipe by Tom Perrini. I’ve never liked bread pudding. It wasn’t in my mother’s rotation of recipes growing up, so the only other exposure I’d had to the dish was the occasional trip to a cafeteria-style restaurant with my grandmother. There, the bread [...] Keep Reading

I love cookies. I love allllllll kinds of cookies. I especially love cookies I don’t know very well! (Sorry. About Last Night reference. I was going to say “name that movie,” but it’s such an obscure reference, if any of you had gotten it, I would have completely [...] Keep Reading

Browned butter is one of life’s pure pleasures, whether it’s spooned over fish, tossed with popcorn, or sipped with a straw. Just kidding on the straw thing. I think. Browned butter cookies, as you can imagine, are one of the most miraculous uses of browned butter there is. [...] Keep Reading

I had a busy day yesterday because I’m getting ready to start shooting more Food Network episodes on the ranch, and by late afternoon I had a little block of time alone in the house before I had to to run Bryce to the end of our road to meet Marlboro Man, who had to run him to his [...] Keep Reading

That’s CAKE…not CALF, just to be clear. Mmmm…cake balls. Have you heard of these little delights? They’re fun to make, ridiculously easy, and can be adapted in so many fun ways, one of which I’ll show you today in honor of All Hallow’s Eve, which is upon [...] Keep Reading

Okay, we’ve made the crust and finished our Christmas shopping, and now it’s time to make the pie! I have lots of pies to share with you in the future, but among my very favorites is this absolutely delicious apple pie, adapted from a recipe given to me several years ago by a [...] Keep Reading

I’ll just say it: I’m not a big fan of nuts on or in my cinnamon rolls or sticky buns. To me, big chunks of nuts are a distraction. A distraction from the pure, unabashed ridiculousness of the gooey, fattening rolls. You can add nuts to this recipe, of course, but I encourage [...] Keep Reading

I totally made up the name of this dessert. I was going to just call it “Pumpkin Cheesecake”, because that’s pretty much what it is. But it’s also Caramel Pumpkin Cheesecake, for important reasons you’ll understand shortly. Then again, it contains [...] Keep Reading

This old-time cake recipe reminds me a little of my grandma Iny’s prune cake, in that it’s a sticky, gooey, sweet delight…and that it’s from the same era. But this one’s chock full of cherries and is a tad easier to prepare. It comes from our old church [...] Keep Reading

I have so many things to say today. Please brace yourself. First of all, what is sherbet, and how is sherbet different from sorbet? It’s easy to confuse the two. In a nutshell, though, sorbet is a fruit-only frozen concoction. Sherbet is a frozen fruit concoction, too, but with the [...] Keep Reading

I had something similar to these bars at this market in Tulsa a few weeks ago, and I found them very delightful, delicious…and rich. I bought just one of what they called “Monster Bars,” and it was so decadent, it actually took me four years to finish it off! Okay, not [...] Keep Reading

Cliche as these Christmas babies might appear, they are truly, truly delicious and very fun to make with children, as long as you don’t mind the kitchen looking ten times worse when you’re finished than it would if you’d just made them by yourself. But isn’t that [...] Keep Reading

A few weeks ago, after an away soccer game, my daughter and her best friend, who happens to be my best friend Hyacinth’s daughter (confused yet?), launched a full-on begging fest regarding their post-soccer dinner. “Can we go to Chili’s?” they cried. [...] Keep Reading

I have a sweet roll problem. I blame my original cinnamon rolls. For they are evil. And they must be destroyed. From there I made these orange marmalade rolls. A triumph. Then, with zero shame in my soul, I made these caramel [...] Keep Reading

I work with about three different variations of chocolate chip cookies, all of which I’ll share with you, my friends, so that I won’t feel so alone in my noshing. This one is my most basic—my go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe when I need ‘em in 30 minutes or less. [...] Keep Reading

There’s nothing about these lusciously rich cookies that isn’t wonderful. Or luscious. Or rich. Or wonderful. But before you make them, I need to make sure you understand one thing: You absolutely must eat these with an ice cold glass of either 1% or 2% milk. Let me repeat that [...] Keep Reading

I realize I posted my Browned Butter M&M Cookie recipe just last week, and I realize this recipe is pretty much identical, but I definitely wanted to post it separately because this chocolate chunk version will absolutely knock your socks off. Just make ‘em. Just once. Your life [...] Keep Reading

I made these on my Food Network show last weekend, but because we had a lot of family things going on this week, I wasn’t able to post them here until today. They’re so much fun to make. Note: I snapped these photos as I filmed the actual cookie segment for that show, so the [...] Keep Reading

When we went to Vail, Colorado to ski last spring, a few things happened: 1. I had the best time of my life. 2. I didn’t want to leave. And I didn’t. I’m still there. 3. Just kidding. 4. I pulled something in my groin (pronounced “grow-in”) while skiing. 5. I [...] Keep Reading